| Source Ultimate Equipment pg. 282 Beast-bond Brand
Aura faint abjuration; CL 5th
 Slot none; Price 1,000 gp; Weight —
 DescriptionThis sticky henna paste is used to stamp a rust-colored handprint
 onto the body of a familiar or animal companion, and a hoof,
 claw, or paw print from that creature onto its master. These
 brands demonstrate a bond of friendship and balance, not
 ownership and subservience. Applying the brand requires a
 full-round action each for master and companion. The brand
 enhances the share spells ability of druids, wizards, and other
 classes with animal companions or familiars, allowing these
 characters to cast spells with a range of personal or touch on the
 marked companion at a range of 30 feet, provided the character
 has line of effect to the creature. Each spell cast at range in this
 way drains one charge from the beast-bond brand for each spell
 level of the spell cast. A newly applied beast-bond brand has 10
 charges. When all charges are consumed, the brand vanishes.
 For the purposes of teleportation spells and effects, the master
 may treat a marked companion as an object or a creature,
 whichever is more favorable (weight restrictions still apply).
 A character may have only one creature marked in this way
 at any time. The brand lasts until all charges are expended or
 the master marks another companion in this way.
 ConstructionRequirements Craft Wondrous Item, Reach Spell (Advanced Player’s Guide),
 creator must have an animal companion or familiar; Cost 500 gp |